Bracken Hall (Natural History) Shipley Glen, Bradford, North Yorkshire Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and museum is situated on the edge of Shipley Glen, a popular beauty spot. The Centre has displays relating to the natural history, geology, archaeology and local history of the area. The colourful interactive wildlife exhibits delve into the lives of badgers, frogs andÊ bats, and tanks contain a variety of local water creatures and mini-beasts. There are interactive displays about other animals and foodwebs. http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/brh/brh_main.htm
	Bradford Industrial Museum (Industrial) Bradford, North Yorkshire Bradford's Industrial Museum has permanent displays of textile machinery, steam power, engineering and motor vehicles, along with an exciting exhibitions programme. You can enjoy the splendour of the Mill Owner's House, or visit the more humble Mill-workers' terraces. Moorside Mills is also home to the museum's team of working horses. Some of the horses may be out working on the streets of Bradford or even starring in a film or television programme, but there will always be at least one in the stables for you to meet. Weather permitting, you can also enjoy a ride in a horse-drawn vehicle. http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/bim/bim_main.htm
	Cannon Hall Museum (Manor/Collections, Regimental) Barnsley, South Yorkshire For over two hundred years Cannon Hall was home to the Spencer-Stanhope family. The Hall is now a museum with collections of fine furniture, Old Master paintings, stunning glassware and colourful pottery, some of which are displayed in period settings such as the Victorian Parlour. It also houses 'Charge', the Regimental Museum of the 13th/18th Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), which is a must for anyone interested in military history. Refurbished with assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund, it illustrates the part played by the Regiment in many major battles such as the Charge of the Light Brigade and includes memorabilia dedicated to Lord Baden Powell. http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/tourism/cannonhall/countryhouse.asp
	Cartwright Hall (Art) Bradford, North Yorkshire Cartwright Hall is Bradford's civic art gallery and offers an exciting programme of contemporary exhibitions, with four permanent galleries displaying works from our art collections.Ê The collections consist mainly of 19th and 20th century British art, with strong collections of international contemporary prints and contemporary South Asian art and crafts. http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/ch/ch_main.htm
	Castle Museum (National/Local) York, North Yorkshire Experience life as a Victorian. Walk down cobbled streets and peer through windows of shops long gone. Take a journey through four hundred years of life in Britain, from parlours to prisons, marriages to the mill house. Discover a city at war and stumble into an underworld of highwaymen. Welcome to the award winning York Castle Museum, the original story of everyday life. (Editor's Note: This is one of my all-time favorite museums... Worth seeing at all costs!) http://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/
	Cliffe Castle Museum (Cultural/Natural History) Bradford, North Yorkshire Cliffe Castle Museum was originally the spectacular mansion of the local Victorian millionaire and textile manufacturer, H I Butterfield. It stands in attractive hillside grounds with greenhouses and garden centre, aviaries and a childrens' play area. The house is now a large museum with a wide variety of displays. These include an array of glittering minerals, local rocks and fossils (including a 2m long fossil newt!), mounted birds and animals, a working beehive, original furnished rooms with chandeliers, William Morris stained glass, old dolls, toys and domestic items and a programme of temporary exhibitions. http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/cc/cc_main.htm
	Craven Museum (Local) Wensleydale, North Yorkshire Visitors can discover more about the area's past by exploring the small but varied collections on display. Geology and archaeology displays provide a glimpse into how the landscapes of today were formed. Agriculture, industry, lead mining and town life are just some of the themes of the social history collections. http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/Craven/Visitors/
	Dales Countryside Museum (Local) Skipton, North Yorkshire The Dales Countryside Museum explores how our ancestors survived in the beautiful, but sometimes harsh, environment of the Yorkshire Dales. Interactive exhibits, exciting displays, video and CD-Rom bring alive the story of the Yorkshire Dales and the people that have lived in this unique landscape. This award-winning museum, managed by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, is housed in an exciting and imaginative conversion of the Hawes railway station. Watch out for the lead miner! Imagine the damp and the dark as you step into our recreated lead mine. Discover the time tunnel and come face to face with a Norman invader. Learn how to get a woolly sock from a woolly sheep! http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/visitor-info/museum.php4
	Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery (Local) Doncaster, South Yorkshire Tells the story of Doncaster and its region through the twin routes of the River Don and the Great North Road in an exciting and innovative way.ÊThe Regimental Gallery of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry is located in the same building as Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery (see below). http://www.doncaster.gov.uk
	Dracula Experience, The (Author) Whitby, North Yorkshire Bram Stoker is said to have been inspired to write the story of Dracula based on his experiences in Whitby (including the dark abbey ruins). A dungeon museum looks at the period in which Stoker lived in Whitby and at the Dracula legend. A cape weighing 56 kilos and worn by Christopher Lee in his 2nd 'Dracula' film is on show. Unfortunately the museum's website seems to have vanished; the first URL listed below offers lots of useful information from a visitor, while the third gives the museum location and opening times. http://members.tripod.com/strangetraveler/id6.htm http://www.whitby-uk.com/cgi-bin/site.nav/whitby.pl?page=dracula http://www.yorkshirevisitor.com
	Filey Museum (Local) Filey, North Yorkshire Filey Museum is a Grade II listed building, built in 1696. It consists of eight rooms with exhibits relating to Filey past and present, including a photographic collection, items on the seashore, the lifeboat and fishing. There is a garden area with a replace baiting shed. http://www.discoveryorkshirecoast.com
	Guisborough Museum (Local) Guisborough, North Yorkshire This is a small volunteer-run museum showing the social, agricultural and commercial history of Guisborough. The museum displays a wealth of artefacts and photographs unique to the town and its people. http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/museums
	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum (Regimental) Doncaster, South Yorkshire The Regimental Gallery of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry is located in the same building as Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery. The displays include uniforms, weapons, badges, photos, a model of the Pontefract Barracks, and the Roll of Honour of the 5th Bn. Also included is one of the most extensive medal collections in this country. http://www.doncaster.gov.uk
	Kirkleatham Old Hall Museum (Local) Redcar, North Yorkshire Relive a nostalgic experience of our yesteryear communities through sights and sounds, interactive activities and special events. THis free to enter museum also displays the Sir James Knott Lifeboat, photographic exhibitions, rare and fascinating objects and temporary displays. Visit also the new playground cafeteria or owl centre. http://www.destinationteesvalley.co.uk, http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/museums
	Manor House Museum (Art/Local) Bradford, North Yorkshire Situated within the beautiful surroundings of the Wharfe Valley, one of Ilkley's oldest buildings, the Manor House, has been converted into an attractive museum and art gallery. On the ground floor visitors are given a glimpse into Ilkley's past while the first floor galleries provide the venue for a regularly changing programme of temporary exhibitions. While being a major exhibit in itself, the Manor House also stands on the remains of the Roman fort of Olicana. Only a short section of defensive wall remains exposed at the back of the building, but Roman artefacts from the fort and surrounding area are on permanent display inside the Manor House, together with prehistoric artefacts and information about the development of Ilkley as a Victorian spa town. http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/mh/mh_main.htm
	Margrove Heritage Centre (Local) Saltburn by the Sea, Margrove, North Yorkshire Situated outside Guisborough on the road to Whitby, Margrove Heritage Centre tells the story of South Cleveland's geology, archaeology, natural and industrial heritage. Permanent displays and temporary exhibitions, bring alive our heritage supported with live interpretation and workshop on special event days. Light refreshments also available. Margrove Heritage Centre is part of Redcar & Cleveland Museums Services. It was originally built as a Victorian School, and was converted into a Museum in the early 1990's. It now has permanent displays and exhibitions about local history, the countryside, wildlife and art. http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/museums
	Museum of North Craven Life (Local) Settle, North Yorkshire The Museum contains the following permanent exhibitions: The story of North Craven through its landscape and people; The unfolding history of the Folly; Changing displays of local and topical interest; 'Object of the month': an opportunity to see items of interest from the Museum's store. http://www.the-folly.co.uk/ http://www.ncbpt.org.uk/folly/exhibitions.htm
	Museum of South Yorkshire Life (Regional) Doncaster, South Yorkshire Cusworth Hall is an imposing 18th century country house set in extensive landscaped parklands, once home to the Battie-Wrightson family. It is home to the Museum of South Yorkshire Life which illustrates the changing home, work and social life of people and communities across the region in the last 250 years. Restoration has begun on the Hall and magnificentÊparkland including a Victorian walled garden, shrubbery walk and Lady Isabella's rose garden. In 2003 The Heritage Lottery Fund announced a grant towards the major restoration programme for Cusworth Hall and Park.Ê (The hall and museum will be closed for restoration until the end of 2006.) http://www.visitdoncaster.co.uk/
	National Railway Museum (Rail) York, North Yorkshire The National Railway Museum in York, England is the largest railway museum in the world, responsible for the conservation and interpretation of the British national collection of historically significant railway vehicles and other artefacts. The Museum contains an unrivalled collection of locomotives, rolling stock, railway equipment, documents and records. http://www.nrm.org.uk/html/home_pb/menu.asp
	Old Working Smith Museum (Local) Gunnerside, Richmond, North Yorkshire After 200 years of continuous working this intriguing museum shows in absorbing detail and artefacts all the skillls of a local blacksmith. http://www.swaledale.net/attractions.stm
	Peace Museum (Misc) Bradford, West Yorkshire The Peace Museum has a growing collection of archives, banners, books, drawings, films, paintings, photographs, posters, sculpture, and other historical artefacts. At this point in time the amount of artefacts estimated in the Peace Museum's collection is around three thousand. The amount of artefacts from the collection displayed on this website is twenty five, so if you like what you see, come to the gallery and see more. Currently there are three main exhibitions on in the Peace Gallery. These exhibitions cover the themes of peace from post World War (Room 1), through the 70's and 80's campaigns for peace and nuclear disarmament (Room 2), to the modern day ethics of peace and more local peace issues in and around Bradford (Room 3). http://www.peacemuseum.org.uk
	Piece Hall Art Gallery (Art, Local) Halifax, West Yorkshire The Piece Hall was opened on 1st January 1779. It was built as a place for handloom weavers to sell their pieces of cloth, hence the name, and was a replacement for an earlier, smaller, Cloth Hall. The building has been renovated and now hosts over 50 shops. The gallery is situated in the Piece Hall, an historic Cloth Hall built in 1770. The space is constructed from a series of original units, creating an intimate, yet warm and inviting succession of inter-linking gallery spaces. It holds up to 8 temporary exhibitions each year, including art, craft, photography and design. A new emphasis has been placed on crafts, following a successful 'Arts For Everyone' grant from the Lottery Fund to develop the crafts in Calderdale. The exhibitions may be touring shows, selected from exhibition proposals from individual artists or curated in-house using either selected artists or work from Calderdale Museums and Arts reserve collections. There is also a changing programme of contemporary craft for sale. http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/tourism/arts/piece-hallart.html
	Preston Hall Museum (Local) Stockton, West Yorkshire The museum provides a wonderful opportunity to explore domestic life of the past with the many recreated period rooms ranging from an 1880s parlour to a 1960s bedsit. There is also a recreation of a typical Victorian street where demonstrations of traditional crafts can be seen. http://www.stockton.gov.uk
	Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire Museum (Military) York, North Yorkshire The Museum explores the history of two of Yorkshire's famous regiments; the Royal Dragoon Guards, and the Prince of Wale's Own Regiment of Yorkshire. With over 80 showcases housing military artefacts collected over the last 300 years, see and live again the battles, courage and sacrifice made by the soldiers who forged an empire. http://www.york-tourism.co.uk
	Quilters Guild Museum & Resource Centre (Special Collection) Halifax, West Yorkshire The Resource Centre houses our museum-standard collection of historic and contemporary patchwork and quilting, together with our library of books, videos, slides and study packs. http://www.quiltersguild.org.uk/contents/home.html
	Red House/Charlotte Bronte Museum (Author) Gomersal, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire This delightful, red-brick house, built in 1660, was home to the Taylor family who were cloth merchants and manufacturers. Red House still looks very much as it would have in Charlotte's day. Each of the rooms brings you closer to the 1830s, from the elegant parlour to the stone-flagged kitchen with its Yorkshire range, jelly moulds and colourful crockery. The stained glass windows, described in 'Shirley' are perfectly preserved in the dining room. And the award-winning recreated 19th Century gardens, with their shaped beds, decorative ironwork and authentic varieties of plants and shrubs, help to capture the atmosphere of this fascinating bygone age. http://www.kirkleesmc.gov.uk/events/venuedetails.asp?vID=7, http://www.bronte-country.com/redhse.html
	Richard III Museum (Period) York, North Yorkshire Possibly one of York's best kept secrets is this fascinating Museum situated in York's tallest and most impressive Medieval Gatehouse - Monk Bar. Built in the 14th Century as part of York's famous City Walls it was originally a guard house and has been both a prison and a police house, lived in until 1914. The bar boasts a rare example of a working portcullis, last lowered in 1953. Largely original, the ancient mechanism still works and can be operated by visitors. There are three rooms in all, the uppermost is said to have been added by King Richard himself in 1484, allegedly supervising its construction and paying for it out of his own money. In 1992 it was decided to convert Monk Bar into the Richard III Museum, in honour of the King many felt had been unjustly maligned by historians. As well as the exhibition where Richard is put on trial there is an extensive gift shop, offering books, prints and general souvenirs. Many of these are exclusive to the museum. http://www.richard3museum.co.uk
	Richmondshire Museum (Local) Richmond, North Yorkshire The museum, which opened in 1978, began in a formers joiner's workshop and has gradually grown. Visitors begin their tour in the reconstructed cruck house which houses the museum's collection of domestic bygones. They then move on to the leadmining gallery. This details the industry which flourished in Swaledale and Wensleydale until the end of the last century. The museum also has a transport gallery which has a model of Richmond station, a chemists shop from Catterick Garrison and also the famous James Herriot set from the TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small". http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/richmondshiremuseum/
	Robin Hood's Bay and Fylingdales Museum (Local, Natural History) Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire Small museum run by volunteers. Local history, farming, geology, seashore and maritime. http://www.discoveryorkshirecoast.com
	Rotherham Art Gallery (Art) Rotherham, West Yorkshire? Rotherham Art Gallery has a programme of 11 temporary exhibitions during 2001, and its focus is mainly on contemporary work by practicing artists. The majority of exhibitions are curated specifically for the Gallery and vary from painting to sculpture, photography, installation and video work. http://www.artsoup.sheffnet.com
	Rotunda Museum (Local) Scarborough, North Yorkshire The Rotunda, William Smith Museum of Geology has recently undergone a £4M refurbishment and re-opened its doors to public acclaim on 10 May 2008. The displays feature treasures from the Borough's geology, natural history and social history collections, including a plesiosaur skeleton, dinosaur footprints and "Gristhorpe Man," a Bronze age skeleton exhumed in the 1800s. The Museum is the 2nd oldest purpose-built museum in Britain still fulfilling its original function and is the only museum designed specifically to illustrate a science - geology. It opens from Tuesday to Sunday including bank holidays. Admission: Under 18-free. Adult day ticket: £4.50. Annual ticket: £9. Concessions available. 01723 353665; http://www.rotundamuseum.org.uk.
	Royal Armouries (Military) Leeds, West Yorkshire The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds was opened in 1996 as the new home for the national collection of arms and armour. Each of the five themed galleries covering War, Tournament, Self-Defence, Hunting and the arms and armour of the Orient offers something to captivate every visitor - Henry VIII's tournament armour for instance, the replica Edwardian Gun Room, or a chance to shoot a crossbow. There is an exciting combination of spectacular displays, dramatic interpretations, live action events, interactive technology and thrilling exhibitions. http://www.armouries.org.uk/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=92
	Royal Pump Room (Local) Harrogate, North Yorkshire When visitors flocked to Harrogate during its heyday as England's premier spa town, the Royal Pump Room was the place at the centre of 'taking the cure'. The Royal Pump Room stands over Harrogate's famous sulphur wells, and still serves the strongest sulphur water in Europe. As many as 15,000 people came every summer and on one day in 1926 over 1500 glasses of sulphur water were served in one morning. The crowds who came to Harrogate during the season quickly outgrew the octagonal Pump Room, and a fashionable new cast iron annexe was added in 1913, officially opened by the Lord Mayor of London. Today, the Royal Pump Room is a museum, recalling the elegance of a bygone era and telling the story of Harrogate's fame as England's only truly European spa. Some of the famous Spa treatments are on show, alongside displays which evoke the atmosphere of the town's past. http://www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums/index.html
	Ruskin Gallery (Art) Sheffield, South Yorkshire The Ruskin Gallery, which is in the Millennium Galleries, contains a unique collection of minerals, paintings, drawings, ornithological prints, Medieval manuscripts, books and architectural plastercasts assembled by John Ruskin. The collection is known as the Ruskin Collection. It is owned by the Guild of St. George and cared for by Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust. Items on display range from the small to the large. The jewel like colours in a single peacock feather are picked up in watercolours displayed alongside. Detailed drawings of architectural features and landscape views illustrate the skill of the craftsman and the beauty of nature. The front of Rouen Cathedral is recreated in large panels enlarged from photographs taken by Ruskin. http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk/coresite/html/ruskin.asp
	Ryedale Folk Museum (Local, Living History) Hutton-le-Hole, North Yorkshire Finest open air museum in Yorkshire. An amazing collection of rescued and restored historic buildings. Everything from craft workshops and thatched cottages to shops, flints and a fire engine. The cottage gardens are a real treat. Don't be misled by the modest entrance, this is somewhere that truly is a hidden treasure. The Ryedale Folk Museum, by John Ravenscroft http://www.ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk/
	Saltburn Smugglers Heritage Centre (Local) Saltburn, North Yorkshire The award wining Saltburn Smugglers is set in ancient fishermen’s cottages, and skillfully blends costumed characters with authentic sounds and smells. Follow the story of John Andrew ‘King of the Smugglers’ who found himself at the centre of the illicit trade 200 years ago. http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/museums
	Scarborough Art Gallery (Art) Scarborough, North Yorkshire Alongside displays from the permanent collection, Scarborough Art Gallery presents a vivid programme of exhibitions aimed at family audiences as well as art lovers. Recent shows have included Turner Prize winners, Victorian fairytale illustrations and the work of artists based in the region. The Gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday including Bank Holidays. Admission: Under 18 free; Adult annual pass £2; concessions available. 01723 374753; http://www.scarboroughartgallery.org.
	Scarborough Millenium (Living History) Scarborough, North Yorkshire From the moment you enter the 1930's railway station the time clock is racing backwards. Alight from the train and you'll begin by discovering the ancient Viking settlement of SKARTHABORG and the legend that gave it a name. You'll press on through the mists of time to the Norman Castle. Eavesdrop on Edward I as he schemes with James of St George, his Master Mason, to rebuil